Superior, modern exploration techniques have resulted in a surge of interest in the Kalahari Copperbelt in recent years, with the uptick in the 2019 year-end copper price spurring exploration... 

Mining consulting firm The MSA Group is hoping that the review of Namibia’s Minerals (Prospecting and Mining) Act will enhance the country’s “friendliness” toward mining investors. The MSA Group... 

Orion Minerals has flagged a possible A$15-million in cost savings at its Prieska copper/zinc project. 

Orion Minerals has started the partnering and joint venture process for its Prieska project. 

Orion Minerals continues to incorporate positive results from optimisation studies into the Prieska copper project’s bankable feasibility study. 

Orion Minerals plans to raise about A$5.5-million from a share placement to sophisticated and professional investors to fund the completion of a bankable feasibility study and early-stage work at... 

Great Dyke Investments is close to finalising financing for the project. 

Orion Minerals will raise about A$5.5-million from a share placement to sophisticated and professional investors to fund the completion of a bankable feasibility study and early-stage work at the... 

Great Dyke Investments is close to finalising financing for its Darwendale platinum group metals project. 

Orion Mining plans to conclude bank financing discussions for its Prieska copper/zinc project by Christmas this year. 

Orion Minerals has welcomed a new black economic-empowerment (BEE) member to its BEE partner company Prieska Resources. 

Completed mining right documents are awaiting approval, while discussions with a number of South African and foreign banks are at an advanced stage. 

A bankable feasibility study on the foundation phase has confirmed the quality and scale of the project. 

Orion Minerals has established community and employee trusts for its Prieska project to meet the ownership structure requirements set out in Mining Charter III. 

Orion Minerals has commissioned introductory mining familiarisation short courses to create awareness of the mining industry and the opportunities that the industry creates, ahead of the planned... 

Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with Russia to build the mine. 

Orion Minerals has increased the project's mineral resource, comprising indicated and inferred resources, to 30.49-million tonnes grading 3.7% zinc and 1.2% copper. 

Bulk testwork on tailings material from the project has been completed. 

Leading diamond exploration, evaluation and mining geologists Dr Mike de Wit and Dr John Bristow – in collaboration with the University of Pretoria Geology Department and Enterprises University of... 

ASX-listed Lucapa Diamonds has published a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource estimate for the Mothae kimberlite pipe, in Lesotho. The Mothae project is located about 5 km from... 

MSA Africa, a global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of safety products, supplements its total solutions approach with a comprehensive aftersales and technical support service.... 

There has been a downturn in most base metal prices over the past five years, particularly copper, which is at its lowest level in six years, having traded at about $2.45/lb at the end of January... 

Ironveld has reported that construction of the 15 MW smelter is on track to start in mid-2015. 

The latest exploration boom in Botswana, although seemingly waning, has shifted the spotlight to several known deposits again, notes South African mining consultancy The MSA Group, stating that... 

Bushveld has started a prefeasibility study on its vanadium project. 

The definitive feasibility study on the Balama West project is rapidly being finalised and is expected to be announced in early 2015.